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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1889

Page

6

Money Market Quietly Weakens Amid Bearish Tone On Atchison

In Boston trading, broad market activity slid with Atchison stock under pressure. Clearing house loans at 14 1 4 percent and general time loans 3 4 to 5 4 percent. New York funds discounted. Bearish sentiment dominated the day, with Atchison leading declines and Chicago Burlington & Quincy showing mixed moves as investors weighed available assets and future earnings.

Dividend declarations from banks and companies listed

The record lists multiple institutions declaring semiannual or quarterly dividends. Payments include Pacific National Bank of Nantucket 3 percent, North National Bank 3 percent, Manchester Mills 2 1/4 percent, Merchants' National Bank 3 dollars per share, Faneuil National Bank 3 dollars per share, North National Bank 3 percent, Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance 3 percent, New York & New England Railroad 3 4/2 percent, Rock Island railroad 1 percent, Union Investment Company 4 percent, Abington National Bank 2 3/4 percent, Continental National Bank of Boston 3 percent. Books-close dates vary from March 29 to May 3, with record dates March 30 for Union and March 30 for others.

Pacific National Bank of Nantucket The North National Bank Manchester Mills Company Merchants’ National Bank Faneuil National Bank Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance Company New York & New England Railroad Company Rock Island Railroad Union Investment Company Abington National Bank Continental National Bank of Boston C. S. Williams & CO Lackawanna Lake Shore Northwest New England LOO Canada Southern St. Paul Richmond &Terminal Wille Williams & CO Congress Street Congress Sa Devonshire St Quincy Mionse Boston Mower’s Lyns

New York Money Market and Stock Close Mixed Amid Small Gains

Money on call eased to 3 5 with last loan at 5 and 5 for closing. Sterling steady at 4.85 4 for 60 day bills. Government and railroad bonds muted. After noon trading showed slight firm tone with Tennessee Coal and Cotton Oil advancing, others slipping. Market closed heavy with leaders at low points. several railroad bonds strengthened on broader activity.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Atchison Burlington Tennessee Northwestern Missouri Pacific Lake Shore Lackawanna Rock Island Missouri Pacine Burlington and Denver & Rio Grande Western Chesapeake& Ohio Denver Hocking Valley Utah Southern Extension Cairo Arkansas Texas St Paul Minnesota Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Michigan Central Atlantic & Pacific

Investment portfolio entries from a late 19th century catalog

A dense list of bonds, stocks, and rights including Union National Bank Weymouth, Cape Ann National Bank Glouchester, Maine Central Railroad, Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway, Fort Smith Railway, and various mills and manufacturing firms. Entries show face amounts, dates, and guarantees, with several railroad and manufacturing securities across multiple states.

Union Natl Bank of Weymouth Union Market Natl Sank Watertown Great Walls Manufacturing Co Cape Ann Bank Glouicester Barton Natl Bank Barton, Vt Bigelow Carpet Co Lowell Peabody Mills Shaw Stocking Co Continental Mills Maine Central RR Natl Tube Works Co A & Bigelow Heeling Machine Association Do Kay State Live Stock Co Blackstone Natl Hank Union Metallic Fastening Co Lombard Investment Co OR & Fort Smith Railway Co Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RR Fitchburg RR Little Rock & Fort Smith RR Cowley, Sumner & Fort Smith Railway Co Stock & Fort Smith Railway Co Scrip Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Co Nati. Rubber Co Bristol, R. 1 Consol. RR Lyman Mills Edison

London Stock Market Reports and Bank of England Bullion Figures

London market notes show Consols at 97 13 16 for money and 97 1 2 for account with Erie at 28 percent and Mexican bonds trading around 44. New York Central at 109 and Reading at 22 with short bills discount around 2 1/2. Paris quotes 3 percent reptes at 85 50 for account. Bank of England bullion today up 217000 pounds while Berlin Imperial Bank notes a 780000 mark decrease in specie.

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Bell Telephone Company Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting

The American Bell Telephone Company met in the Meionaon at 11 a m with Howard Stockton chairing. The annual report outlined expanded lines and wires, rising earnings, and a large dividend. Election of officers and directors followed a full ballot, with Hubbard elected clerk and a twelve-member board including Stockton. The meeting adjourned after authorizing long term lease of the new Oliver and Milk streets building.

American Bell Telephone Company Meionaon Howard Stockton American Telephone and Teleraph Company United States Bell Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company Ateeny Buffalo Chicago Milwaukee Boston Providence New York New Haven Oliver and Milk Streets Telegraph Commission Charles Eustis Hubbard William R. Driver Francis Blake Stanton Blake Charles P. Bowditch George L. Bradley Alexander Cochrane William H. Forbes Gardiner G. Hubbard John E. Hudson Charles E. Perkins Thomas Sanders Oliver and Milk Streets

Market Trends and Commodity Notes

Commercial matters show mixed activity with flour dull and corn firm. Oats quiet and rye dull while butter remains easy and cheese holds firm in fair demand. Pork firm and fresh beef improving. sugars strong and molasses firm. oleomargarine dull. fruit prices mixed with oranges fair and apples dull.

Boston

Wheat and corn futures mixed as market shows limited selling

Chicago reports May wheat hard to fill without moving market as shorts hold a large line. July wheat tests shorts amid dry winter wheat expectations. Oats rise to near top prices while corn stays dull. New York and St Louis futures show mixed cash and contract quotes across wheat corn and oats.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co C$ Williams & Co New York St Louis Milwaukee Toledo Detroit Peoria

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